MRT worker survives 750V electric shock
Photo: The Straits Times
Christopher TanMY PAPER
Friday, May 27, 2016
A RAIL worker survived a 750-volt electrical shock yesterday in what appeared to be another serious safety lapse at SMRT.
In an incident that came just two months after a pair of SMRT trainees were killed by a train while they did maintenance work on a track, a contractor sustained burns while working on a power-supplying third rail.
The incident happened at around 1.50am near Sembawang station.
Like the two dead trainees, the injured man was in his 20s. He was rushed to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in a Singapore Civil Defence Force ambulance.
He has since been discharged after being treated for electrical burns to his left hand.
SMRT spokesman Patrick Nathan said: "Three SMRT staff along with two contractors were on the track by the platform of Sembawang MRT Station to conduct maintenance work during engineering hours.
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